Holidays in France

[Ancienne Alliance]

So we made it safely back to our home in the Alps.
It was our first holidays since five years.
Our little Louise wanted to see "the ocean and... castles".

We then decided to go to Brittany and visit my old friend Jean Baron (an immense bombarde player and veuze piper).

After a five hour drive, we stopped in Versailles. Famous for it's palace....
Few know it is also a place where one can find hundreds of bagpipes in the shape of paintings, scuptures, ceramics, porcelaines, bas reliefs, etc.


One "Xman" on the spot, no doubt !






It was fantastic to be there and be able to talk about ancient things... My family came to France centuries ago...









Bagpipes everywhere !






This would make a great full mask !




3 sets of bagpipes on one wall ! Can you see them ?




Then you jump in a boat and you head for an amazing place: Marie Antoinette's own little farm ! "le Hameau".